PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ollie Woodard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Alonso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Woodard
vs
Alonso

184 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ollie Woodard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Alonso!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alonso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Alonso gets a takedown into half guard.
Woodard keeping control of the position.
Woodard is looking to improve his position.
Woodard is trying to stand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alonso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Woodard's head.
Alonso is thwarting Woodard's attempts to control the position.
Alonso working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alonso scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Alonso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Woodard keeps working.
Woodard regains full guard. Nicely done.
Alonso is looking to stand up but Woodard won't let him.
Woodard is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Woodard wants to get back to his feet but Alonso is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Alonso is fighting to break Woodard's control of his arms but Woodard is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Woodard wants to sweep here but Alonso controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Woodard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Alonso trying to control but Woodard postures up.
Alonso is trying to get back to full guard.

Woodard looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Woodard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Woodard is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Alonso kicks Woodard off and gets back to his feet.

Woodard tries to sprawl but Alonso drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Woodard is looking to control Alonso's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Woodard avoid being mounted?
Woodard is staying active underneath Alonso, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodard tries to get to full guard but Alonso has control of the leg.
Alonso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Woodard keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woodard wants to improve his position but Alonso is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alonso slows the pace down in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alonso throwing shots but Woodard is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Alonso dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Woodard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alonso.
Alonso lands with a thumping leg kick.

Woodard gets caught napping as Alonso dives in and scores a takedown. Woodard manages to retain guard.
Alonso throws a strike but Woodard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Alonso tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woodard controlling from the top position.
Alonso has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Woodard gets to his feet - Alonso follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alonso clinches up against the cage.
Woodard tries to land a knee to the head but Alonso blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Woodard's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Alonso has hold of one of Woodard's legs. Woodard is fighting the takedown attempt but Alonso gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Woodard has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Alonso off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Alonso misses with a body kick.

Woodard tries to keep at a distance but Alonso has taken the fight into the clinch.

Woodard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Alonso pushes Woodard up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woodard wants to break free but Alonso has control.
Woodard looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodard is looking to break free of the clinch but Alonso has double underhooks.

Alonso breaks from the clinch.
Woodard shoots for a takedown but Alonso saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Alonso misses with a wild combination.
Woodard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alonso.

Alonso changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Woodard looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Alonso lands a nice forearm strike.
Alonso trying to control the position but Woodard is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
Woodard prevents Alonso from improving position.
Woodard is trying to control Alonso's posture but Alonso avoids it.
Alonso lands an elbow.
Woodard is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Woodard is being controlled here.
Alonso working away.
Woodard manages to get back to half guard.
Woodard pushes Alonso off looking to stand but Alonso dives back in and keeps control.
Woodard is positioning himself well to prevent Alonso advancing to mount.
Woodard tries to roll over but Alonso keeps him under control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alonso looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Alonso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Alonso clinches.

Alonso has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Woodard is trying to keep an underhook but Alonso manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Woodard moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Alonso looking to sit in guard and control but Woodard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Alonso is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woodard is looking to work some ground and pound but Alonso has wrist control.
Woodard engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alonso is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Woodard is aware though and is defending well.
Alonso has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Woodard has passed into side control.

Woodard is trying to get an arm triangle but Alonso is defending well.
A control attempt from Alonso but he's now mounted!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Woodard is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alonso tries to hold on but Woodard postures up.
Alonso is desperately trying to improve his position but Woodard has a good base and remains in mount.

Woodard working for a submission but Alonso is keeping him at bay.
Alonso is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alonso is squirming around, avoiding Woodard's attempts to control the action.

Woodard looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Woodard is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alonso sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Alonso wants to get back to full guard.
Alonso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodard is keen to just control but Alonso is a slippery customer.
Alonso trying to control here.
Woodard wants to get back to his feet.
Woodard is thwarting Alonso's attempts to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alonso throws a head kick that half lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ollie Woodard showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alonso has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Alonso!